Josh Willingham

DETROIT -- J.D. Martinez and Rajai Davis hit home runs and Max Scherzer held the Kansas City Royals to one run in 6 2/3 innings Tuesday night in a 4-2 Detroit Tigers victory. The win was enough to pull the Tigers into a first-place tie with the Royals in the American League Central Division. Kansas City scored a run off right-hander Joba Chamberlain in the eighth on an RBI groundout by center fielder Lorenzo Cain with runners on second and third. A walk and one-out ground-rule double to right by third baseman Mike Moustakas set up the run. The right-handed Scherzer (16-5) walked four but struck out six and gave up seven hits as he worked out of three situations where he had at least...

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